BG · 2020 · ilc_peps01n
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex
Bulgaria, 2020
In 2020, Bulgaria's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex increased by 0.9% compared to 2019, reaching 33.5%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 21.5%.
Bulgaria ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 22.6% (from 43.3% in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.